Box Score (Garden City, NY) The Women's Soccer Team hosted Monroe Community College on their home field. With the weather overcast and drizzling, it was the perfect setting for a Nassau win. The Lions were coming off of a difficult weekend, loosing two close games in the Howard Community College Dragon Invitational. But every experience has a silver lining, and the experience from this weekend helped prepare the women for this match up.

The Lions came out of the gate a little bit uneasy, but within the first 5 minutes of the game, Kayla Murphy found the back of the net, putting the Lions up 1-0! Murphy lit the fire, and the rest of the team simply followed suit. Hannah Woodward, Diana Lemus, and Haley Schmidt all scored impressive goals, bringing the score to 4-0 before the end of the first half!

Coming back to finish the second half of the game, the Lions didn't let up, and kept the pressure on. With such a lead, Head Coach Chris Megaloudis decided to move around a few chess pieces, and see how the ladies gelled then. Briana Polidora was moved up to offense where she was able to make a lot of movement. Lisa Maybe had a break away drive, and brought the ball down the line. She sent a beautiful cross pass right to Polidora who headed the ball in for a Lions goal! Lemus and Woodward each had another goal as well, bringing the total score to 7-0. 

The defense was holding tough as well, stopping everything that was shot their way. With only a few minutes left, Maya Jones was taken out of goal, and put in a wing position. She took control of the field, and soared down the sideline. Before anyone knew it - Jones took a shot on goal, and made it! The final score was 8-0, Lions.

"I'm over the moon with how we played today. Although we will capitalize on the positives of today, we will still review any negatives to continue to improve as a team" commented Coach Megaloudis.

The Lions will play Suffolk County on Thursday at home.